tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10700192070986971282024-03-18T21:53:34.842-07:00My Movie BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-25702288385330514442023-04-16T04:35:00.001-07:002023-04-16T04:35:10.247-07:00JoylandThere are so many stills from this movie that are so beautiful. I loved that scene in Joyland when the two sisters in law are on the joyride. On the other side, Haider is helping Biba perform through a power cut with mobile-phone lights in a more 'Western Dance'. And Mumtaz was just such an adorable character in her loose-fitting suits, that pride in having done the bride's make-up in the face of 'class- derision' in the dark with also, mobile phone lights. I also found the scene when the old neighboring lady offering to stay back and the idiotic old man said 'Haider aapko Ghar chhod dega' very heartbreaking. Such a beautiful movie. <div>I loved the power of Biba, especially when she confronts her dancing gang of men- it's sheer power. So boldly, beautifully enacted, almost really real. Mumtaz's suicide is so beautifully shot- the shared space in the toilet, the conversation about the cake, the hug and love and yet Haider never noticing she was killing herself. Similarly powerful was the angry outburst by Nucchi after Mumtaz's death defending her. </div><div>Another cute scene- when the little girls keep trying to go to the toilet with Mumtaz inside because they lost their jugnu! </div><div>Haider was a little too subtle?<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seen with Toots at home. Very nice. I would have also not recognised that Fletcher was High Grant unless he would have told me. Matthew McConaughey was gorgeous as Mickey and Colin Farell was just beautiful as the neighborhood Coach for the poor, disadvantaged kids. I think his character was perhaps the most unique. The others- Raymond shines only when he needs to, when he goes to fetch the young girl. The Cantonese Lord George was also an interesting character, very intense as he sat watching his only vice- horse racing in HK. Good movie, not overtly violent but very rough language.<br></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seen in Geneva. It is refreshing to see Depp with lesser make-up. But hey, what was happening in this movie? Except the fact that it was based on a true story- it was just a lot of action, a lot of Johnny Depp's slick hair and fake blue eyes and too less of Cumberbatch. I also found the guy who played John Connolly quite irritating.There was some actual lack of cohesion in the story telling too.</span><br />
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Seen at home in Chandigarh alone before Mum threw away the DVD which I don't remember where we bought. Karim's beautiful story of accidents, hopes and possibilities. The constant in all this is his love for his family- his beautiful wife and his lovely children. There is such beautiful cinematography- some scenes stick to you like when he walks to the well to find the children have completely refurbished it for their fish enterprise, the scene of him carrying the blue door back home, his son Hussein buying him orange juice at the hospital, the children running to deliver the flowerpots and the scene of the ostrich fluffing its feathers in the end. The lovely songs in the midst of the movie make the lovely scenes even more real. Majid Majidi made a beautiful movie.</div>
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Seen back to back with Gone Girl in Hyderabad- IMAX. If it weren't for Brad Pitt playing the biggest war-daddy ever- it would have been a better movie. But wait- that's all that happens in the movie! Nothing else- the historical backdrop is scarce, the dialogues are nothing to write home about, the story doesn't exist, the characters wafer thin. If it was about a soldier's inner traumas, camaraderie between soldiers - well, I am sure much better movies exist.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-83534599695182371712014-09-27T23:09:00.000-07:002014-11-02T20:59:40.155-08:00The Great Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Seen solo- at home. What I will remember about this movie- Jep, his creased face, his hair worn swept back, his cool demeanor as he realises he has no time in life for things he doesnt want to do anymore, as he strips bare artists and indulges, but never writes. That beautiful rooftop and Jep's relationship with his housekeeper. There are crazy images, beautiful, shocking, serene- it is a visual parade. The illusion of the giraffe disappearing and then his friend leaving Rome.</div>
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I also want to remember how Jep decided he has no time in life for things he doesn't want to do anymore- like see pictures of a woman he just slept with. There is no more time, Knowing it has taken enough time already.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-32412799669712594792013-12-01T05:20:00.001-08:002013-12-01T05:20:14.001-08:00A Merry War<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was out to download the movie version of 1984 and found the movie adaptation of ' Keep the Apisdistra flying' instead. I haven't read the book. And I only just finished reading 'Down and Out in Paris and London'- so I am not reading it for awhile either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has Helena Bonham Carter looking so young and so different. The story is adapted from the book I understand. I can't help but feel that the book was more squalid and sad than the movie, especially the end- I would consider Comstock's return to 'middle class life' as a defeat- it is very cheery in the movie though.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-44521323548571674442013-10-30T21:23:00.000-07:002014-01-21T00:32:34.356-08:00Life of Pi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I remember about the movie now-in retrospect- is the lovely Tamil lullaby at the beginning. The mangrove island with the meerkats- the book was illustrative, but seeing it in the movie was a different dimension...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bad parts- Why Tabu wasn't acting at all? Why the movie makers thought that the bit about Pi turning blind and meeting another boat, such an important part of the bit wasn't 'movie worthy'? Also why wasn't Richard Parker as handsome an animal as say, Aslan? </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-39888156784828364642013-09-05T04:12:00.002-07:002013-09-05T04:12:47.384-07:00My sweet orange tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw this movie in the Lido cinema in Bangkok- alone. And there weren't more than 15 people in the movie hall. It is a beautiful emotional movie,a bit too saccharine at times though. The visuals are excellent. The actors especially the kids are excellent. Zeze's sister and Zeze are the real stars of course. The portrayal of the child's suffering after Portuga dies is really heart-rendering. I chose this still from the movie as a picture for this post- this was my favorite part for the movie- Zeze taking Portuga to his 'zoo'- also I loved their airplane.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My sweet orange tree made me feel like how I felt after reading Boyhood by Coetzee- that unless I recreate it- I don't think I lived it.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-82058911510340205542013-07-25T22:28:00.001-07:002013-07-25T22:28:51.546-07:00The Great Gatsby<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, of course I had loved The Great Gatsby when I read it. Before I went to see the movie I knew one of my best friend (whose taste in general I admire) loved it. And also, it has Decaprio, who can do a good job.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So we go and find some terrible music but quite a good movie. Good screenplay, dialogues chosen out of the book, not too many twists to the original story and as silent in it's message as the book. I think this was the winning stroke for the movie- it did not dictate any opinion, just like the book. Some people might just go and come back with the idea that it was a tragic story of a rich guy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And they can live with that, while I will continue to admire Gatsby and Decaprio, even more now.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-21011922434570911342013-07-25T22:24:00.003-07:002013-07-25T22:28:10.521-07:00The Lone Ranger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the last movie we saw together in Delhi, for awhile at least.I quite liked it- I haven't seen many 'westerns' so I didn't quite have a reference frame. And what a relief that is at times. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 'fantastic scenes' are fantastic. Depp is very good and brings a lot of sensitivity to the movie apart from his usual charm for which he earns the big bucks. What would Hollywood do without Depp, sometimes I really wonder.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-77342447203488728542013-04-13T08:15:00.002-07:002013-04-13T08:15:55.279-07:00Chungking Express<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently saw this movie again on a Sunday afternoon. And what a beautiful afternoon it became. Wong Kar Wai has done a brilliant job here. Meshing two stories about policemen waiting for their women and new things happening. What I like about the first movie- the fact that she always wears a raincoat and sunglasses- and her blonde hair. And the lovely pineapple can tale. The second story- everything- Faye Wong is the most beautiful woman possible and Tony Leung looks so good for the part too. I love cop 663's conversations with his towels, his soap. Faye playing around in his flat. What can you not love about this movie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the music- Cranberrry's Cantonese Dreams and California Dreamin' and the opening music.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the juxtaposing of Chungking Mansion and Midnight Express.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Definitely, amongst my most favorite movies of all times.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-71202659275778016972012-12-16T03:37:00.002-08:002012-12-16T03:37:21.882-08:00Up in the Air<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saw the movie again yesterday, months after the first time and decided that I was right, this is a very good movie. To add to it's excellently framed elements is the timing when it was released. It does its social duty- it speaks for its time.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-44970738600577806052012-12-16T01:54:00.001-08:002012-12-16T01:54:54.719-08:00Skyfall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do you watch a Bond movie? I well, watch it because everybody watches them. I am no serious Bond fan.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070019207098697128.post-23005463687410090192012-12-14T22:26:00.000-08:002012-12-14T22:26:00.816-08:00In the mood for love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is perhaps the most elegant couple on screen ever. I am going to list all the elegant things about the movie which have been praised by many, but here goes- the little apartment space they share, the scenes where they lock their respective doors, enquire about each other, her walking to buy noodles in the rain, the landlady's counsel, their excellent attire, the way they rehearse the same lines again and again with even more effect each time, the curtains in the hotel, the 'quizas, quizas, quizas' song amongst all the other music.What is there not to like about this movie?</span></div>
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